Chords for Ronnie Drew - The Young Man Who Used To Be Me

_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ When I was a young man the [E] skies were so clear, [C] sun always shone [D] and we walked without fear.
[F] All of the [D] houses were new and [F] we were the [G] chosen few. _
[A] Youth was the [E] engine of change we were told, [C] to work with your hands [D] was good for your [F] soul.
They pitched us their [D] latest great scheme and [F] we all bought [G] into the dream.
[C] Then one day [Am] I looked out my [C] window, I knew [A] then nothing would hold [D] me
and I had to leave the [F] young man that [A] used to be me.
The _ _ [E] years brought surprises, fortune and fame, [C] a house on the hill [D] and a change in my name.
Dreaming of what I might find I [F] left all my [G] old clothes behind.
[C] Then one day I looked in my mirror and I saw [Am] someone that scared me,
[D] a person so [F] blinded by greed he just [A] couldn't see.
_ _ _ [F] And I can't believe [D] that young man used to [Am] be me. _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [A] _ _
[G] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ Now [E] I respond to a different command, [C] I no longer wipe [D] the dirt from my hand.
[F] All of the [D] houses are gone and [F] we dance to a different [G] drum.
[E] The beggars still beg at the end of our street, [C] but now when we pass [D] our eyes fail to meet.
[F] Where do the [D] poor people go?
_ [F] Nobody wants [G] to know. _
[C] One day I'll [F] look out my window [C] and I'll [A] see,
and [D] I will return to [F] the way my [A] life used to be.
_ _ _ [F] And I [D] will return to the [Gm] way my life [A] used to be. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ Thank you very much.
Would you welcome back Eleanor please? _ _ _ _ _ _ _